Originally Posted by gecko

As Boris said, they might change when confronted with the possibility of their demise, but often people would rather plunge headlong into failure than rethink strongly held beliefs.

Originally Posted by NiaTrue

And since that decision seems to have come from The Powers That Be and to have been based on a deeply held personal conviction rather than sound judgement about how such things are done these days, the only thing that might convince them to change their minds is their impending dissolution.